Re: [boost] [serialization] test_variant_xml_archive - Borland 5.82

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-05 01:49:07

Nicola Musatti wrote:

> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>> Nicola Musatti wrote:
> [...]
>>> I believe this refers to std::fpos<>::_Stz from <iosfwd>. This appears
>>> to refer to a specialization on a const type, which in turn makes me
>>> think of Borland's bug of not dropping the top level const qualification
>>> in argument deduction.
>>>
>>> What I do not know is what is triggering this and whether in this case
>>> the usual workaround is applicable, which is to specify explicitly the
>>> relevant function's template arguments.
>> 
>> Would it be possible for you to prepare this "usual workaround" and see
>> if it helps?
> 
> No, I'm afraid. As I said, I don't know what in the Serialization code
> triggers this problem and unfortunately Borland's compiler doesn't
> provide an instantiation trace, so investigating this issue would take a
> lot of time. I think it's better to follow Robert's suggestion and mark
> these as expected.

Thanks for clarifying the situation. I have marked the serialization/variant 
failures as expected for this release.

Thanks,
Volodya